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by Ivan Sache, 23 November 2012
The municipality of Rawson (22,493 inhabitants in 2001) is the capital of the Chubut Province.
Rawson was settled in in July 1865 by 150 Welsh colonists coming from Puerto Madryn. On 15 September 1865, Colonel Julián Murga, the
Military Commander of Patagonia, hoisted the Argentine flag in the new town. The new settlement was named Trerawson (in Welsh, Rawson
Village), subsequently shortened to Rawson, as a tribute to Guillermo Rawson (1821-1890) the Minister of the Interior (1862-1868) who had initiated the colonization. Antonio Oneto was appointed in 1876 the first Commissioner of the colony. The Chubut National Territory was established on 16 October 1884 by Law No. 1,532; Luis Jorge Fontana was appointed first Governor of the territory on 30 May 1885.The Municipal government of Rawson was established on 14 September 1888, presided by Gregorio Mayo. The Constitution adopted in 1957 established the Chubut Province, with Rawson as its capital.
The flag of Rawson, designed by Patricio Mouján, is prescribed by Municipal Ordinance No. 6,911, adopted on 31 August 2010 by the
Municipal Council.
The flag is horizontally divided white-green by a blue horizontal stripe ending in a blue triangle placed along the fly, charged with a yellow boat. In the middle of the flag is placed a white disk fimbriated black, charged with an iron bridge surrounded at the top by a half yellow sun and at the bottom by a gear wheel.
White represents purity and the plateau, while green represents the valley, the farms and hope in the future. The two colours symbolize the epos of the Welsh colonization.
The blue stripe and triangle symbolize river Chubut watering the town and flowing into the sea; the boat represents the fishing industry.
The disk represents the town. The bridge is the Poet's Bridge, inaugurated in 1918, representing union and the town of Rawson. The
sun represents future and the Chubut Province, while the gear wheel represents industry.
Ivan Sache, 23 November 2012